Mane-holder for horses



(No Model.)

W AMBRUSTER MANE HOLDER FOR HORSES.

No. 445,485. 7 P44411444 Jan. 27, 1891.

UNITED STATES FFICE.

Parser-r MAME-HOLDER FOR HORSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,485, dated J anuary 27, 1891.

Application filed May 31, 1890. Serial No. 353,695. (No model.)

To all whom it may cancer/t.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM AMBRUSTER, of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Mane-Holder for Horses, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has for its object to provide anovel and simplified construction in a maneholder for horses; and it consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts, all of which will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows myinvention as applied to a horse. Fig. 2 is a perspectivc view of my invention. Fig. 3 is a top plan View of a modification of my invention, showing fluted plates used in connection therewith. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 5 is a horizontal crosssection taken on line a: a: or": Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the head-strap of an ordinary horse-bridle, to which my invention is easily attached and carried thereby.

2 represents one of the movable jaws, which is constructed of a single piece of wire and bent so 'as to form two parallel arms a a, sufficient space being left between them to permit the opposite jaw 3 to be movably secured thereto.

at represents a portion of one of the arms a, bent at right angles, the end of which is formed into a hook 5 as a means of connecting the opposite arm a.

10 represents an eye formed in the free end of the opposite arm a, through which the hook 5 is passed for the purpose of uniting the two arms and clamping the holder in position when in use.

3 represents the opposite jaw, which is also made from a single piece of wire and so constructed to form two parallel, arms I) b, a loop 7 being formed thereby, by which means an elastic or other connecting device may be attached.

6 6 represent two loops formed in the free ends of the jaw 3, by which means the said jaw is connected to the jaw 2 and made movable thereby.

9 represents a collar or other like device,

between the two eyes (3 6 of the jaw ,3, keeping the said arms a sufficient distance apart at that point.

8 represents an elastic strap sewed or otherwise secured to the loop 7, formed in the jaw 3, by which means the holder is fastened to the bridle.

In Fig. 3 a modification ofmy invention is illustrated, the arms of the jaws 2 and 3 being bent or depressed, as shown at c, which depressions are of suflicient depth to receive two fluted or corrugated plates 11.

11 represents the corrugated plates, which are bent so as to form angleshaped projections running parallel with the arms of the hinged jaws 2 and 3. The corrugated plates 11 are provided with an elastic covering 13, which gives a yielding surface to the said plates and which prevents the mane from slipping at that point when the arms or jaws 2 and 3 are closed upon the said mane. The corrugated plates and their coverings are turned around the arms of the jaws 2 and 3,

as shown at. 14, as a means of securing them in position.

The holder is first buckled in position to the head-strap of the bridle, as shown in Fig. 1, and the wider jaw? passed under the mane of the horse, causing the same to lie next to the neck, and when in that position the jaw 3 will be exposed and located on the outside of the mane. The catch or hook carried by the jaw 2 may be then released, or previously released from the eye 10, and the arm 4: passed over the jaw 23, clamping the mane firmly between the jaws, after which the catch or hook 5 is passed into the eye 10, looking and holding the said jaws.

There are many useful results derived from the use of the holder, as will be readily seen. It will not only train and cause the mane to lie on one side of the neck, but will prevent the same from working under the collar,

thereby avoiding sore necks, so common among horses. It also keeps the mane from the neck, which allows the air free access to same. By the use of the elastic strap 8 the horse is allowed to turn its head in any direction desired, by which means the holder is ICO no incumbranee or bother to it. The corrugated plates are adapted to hold the holder and prevent the same from slipping oit the mane at that point.

I do not limit myself to the exact construction of the jaws, as by preference I may dosire to construct the jaws of thin sheetmetal, and any well-known locking device for the one shown.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a mane-holder for horses, a pair of parallel arms or jaws,alocking device formed on said parallel arms and integrally there with, and a similar pair of arms hinged to said first-mentioned pair, substantially as described.

2. In a mane-holder for horses, a jaw 2, a U-shaped jaw hinged thereto, its free end eX- tending beyond the end of the first-1n ent ioned jaw forming a loop whereby it may be secured to the harness, and a collar on the jaw 2 between the ends oi the other jaw, snbstai'itially as described.

In a inane-holder for horses,a jaw 2, a second jaw'hinged thereto, an eye on one end of jaw 2, and a hook upon the other end to engage the eye, substantially as described.

4. In a mane-holder for horses, a jaw 2, a second jaw hinged thereto, corrugated plates on each of said jaws, and means whereby said jaws may be fastened together, substantially as described.

5. In a mane-holder for horses, a jaw 2, a second jaw hinged thereto, each of said jaws having depressions, corrugated plates located in said depressions, and elastic material on said corrugated plates.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM AMBRUSTER.

Witnesses:

C. F. KELLER, Mo. 0. HIGDON. 

